ArticleBMC cancer2020
Black patients referred to a lung cancer screening program experience lower rates of screening and longer time to follow-up.
Article in BMC cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05738031 (Investigating Incidental Pulmonary Nodules in Underserved Communities), which is not on this map. Cited by 71 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Investigating Incidental Pulmonary Nodules in Underserved Communities
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 112 citations in OpenAlex.
- Racial inequalities in eligibility and access to lung cancer screening: systematic review of United States studies.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Efficacy of Interventions Intended to Increase Lung Cancer Screening Rates: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Evidence of Racial Disparities in the Lung Cancer Screening Process: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Patient Adherence to Lung CT Screening Reporting & Data System-Recommended Screening Intervals in the United States: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2022Pooled it
- Low-cost interventions to increase uptake of cervical cancer screening among emergency department patients: Results of a randomized clinical trial.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2025Trial
- Providing Reminders and Education Prior to lung cancer screening: Feasibility and acceptability of a multilevel approach to address disparities in lung cancer screening.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Trial
- Association of Inclusion of More Black Individuals in Lung Cancer Screening With Reduced Mortality.JAMA network open · 2021Trial
- Causal decomposition framework for quantifying intervenable cancer health disparities.Biometrics · 2026Article
- Demographic shifts in referral to and completion of lung cancer screening after the 2021 United States Preventive Services Task Force update.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Recruitment strategies and outcomes in lung cancer screening programmes: a scoping review.European radiology · 2026Article
- Improving lung cancer screening diagnostic efficiency.Current opinion in pulmonary medicine · 2026Review
- Racial Disparities in Tobacco Smoking-Related Risks for Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review & Meta-analysis.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Review
- Lung cancer screening care pathways in community settings: an examination of 3 healthcare systems.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2026Article
- Applying artificial intelligence to ensure high quality and equitable lung cancer screening.Translational lung cancer research · 2026Review
- Lung cancer screening completion rates and neighborhood disadvantage among primary care patients in an integrated delivery network health system: a retrospective data analysis.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Advancing the early detection of lung cancer: Outcomes of a surgeon-led lung nodule clinic in a distressed patient population.JTCVS open · 2026Article
- A pragmatic pre-post intervention trial to address adherence to lung cancer screening follow-up in community settings (the ACCELL trial): Study protocol.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Updates in Lung Cancer Screening: A Decade of Evidence.Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025Review
- Novel Platforms of Education to Engage Black and African Americans in Lung Cancer Screening.AJPM focus · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundRacial disparities are well-documented in preventive cancer care, but they have not been fully explored in the context of lung cancer screening. We sought to explore racial differences in lung cancer screening outcomes within a lung cancer screening program (LCSP) at our urban academic medical center including differences in baseline low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) results, time to follow-up, adherence, as well as return to annual screening after additional imaging, loss to follow-up, and cancer diagnoses in patients with positive baseline scans.
methodsA historical cohort study of patients referred to our LCSP was conducted to extract demographic and clinical characteristics, smoking history, and lung cancer screening outcomes.
resultsAfter referral to the LCSP, blacks had significantly lower odds of receiving LDCT compared to whites, even while controlling for individual lung cancer risk factors and neighborhood-level factors. Blacks also demonstrated a trend toward delayed follow-up, decreased adherence, and loss to follow-up across all Lung-RADS categories.
conclusionsOverall, lung cancer screening annual adherence rates were low, regardless of race, highlighting the need for increased patient education and outreach. Furthermore, the disparities in race we identified encourage further research with the purpose of creating culturally competent and inclusive LCSPs.
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